Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,534, Elisha Everest, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Everest, Elisha
S. 43,534
CONTENTS

W. B. Barnum June 1 '46
13.299
New York
Elisha Everest
of Tioga County in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Burnell of the Connecticut line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of July 1818 and paid to Stephen Burns Esq. Caroline Tioga Co. New York
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 81. 83
Semi-annual allowance ending Sep. 1819. 48. 00
107 Mo. \frac{3}{50} \frac{4}{31}
$129. 83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Vertical text on the gutter edge: Elisha Everest Tioga Co. New York 1820

Elisha Everest
Divase
76 to 77
Full Deposition  Longier  Deposition  Deposition as to claimants circumstances wanted The deposition of 2 witnesses to be certified by the judge to be disinterested & credible will be required to establish the same as mentioned in Purnells reg t .
Res t
Samuel
28 Ap l
W. B. & Michal's Gen. Order No. 11

We Bleazen Fuller of Salisbury & Myrful Bount of Canaan in the County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut Do hereby Say that in the year 1776 we were both acquainted with Elisha Boust then residing in Salisbury also now residing in Danbury in the County of Droga & State of New York & that we knew that he enlisted as a soldier in the month of Feb y 1776 into the Compa- ny commanded by Capt n Luther Haddad & the Regiment was commanded by Col. Charles Munn which Company belonged to the Continental Line & that the term of enlistment was one year & we also knew that went to the North ward & joined the Northern Army & went into Canada & served his Country faithfully in the Continental Line for the term of one year & that he was honorably discharged after his service of one year now residing in the County of Addison at now Boust in the County of Addison & State of Vermont and further say
not State of Connecticut County Bristol Vermont Satisfied p. Probate District of Sharon Elisha Fuller May 29 th 1819 - Personally appeared Myrful Bount & Bleazen Fuller Signers to the foregoing affidavit & made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me Elisha Sterling Judge of Probate in & for the District of Sharon
May 29. 1819

State of Connecticut County of Litchfield ss. Probate District of Sharon May 31 st 1819
I Elisha Sterling Judge of the Court of Probate in & for the District of Sharon in the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I am acquainted with Samuel Root & Ebenezer Fuller signers & subscribers to the afo d deposition or affidavit & that they are men of truth & credibility & credible witnesses & I also certify that I am knowing that some who served in the same Company with said Root & at the same time have obtained a pension under the late law of Congress of the 10 th of March 1818 & I have no doubt but that said Root is poor & needy - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & prefixed my seal of Office
Elisha Sterling Judge of Probate in & for the District of Sharon in the County aforesaid
I Frederick A. Sterling Clerk of the Court of Probate in the District of Sharon County of Litchfield & State of Connecticut certify that the seal hereunto annexed is the seal of said Court & that the above signature is in the hand writing of the Judge of said Court May 31 st 1819
Frederick A. Sterling, Clerk

State of New York Niagara County
Feb
I Stephen Buel judge as aforesaid. deposition having satisfactory knowledge. Do certify that Elisha Everts the applicant named in the within affidavit. is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support as set forth in his said affidavit.
And also forward the necessary evidence of the said Elisha Everts service as herewith annexed
Stephen Buel
The secretary of the department of war will please to transmit to me the returns, as soon as convenient with suitable directions — Stephen Buel
Danby Jan 10/19

Elisha Ewer
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Stephen Bears
I Stephen Beers one of the judges the Court of Sessions

so called in Canada between the Oct 2, 1777, John,
And that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need
of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has
no other evidence now in his power of his said services
Elisha Everest
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Stephen Beers
I Stephen Beers one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas
in and for the County of Tioga aforesaid, do certify that it appears
to my satisfaction, that the said Elisha Everest did serve in
the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against
the common enemy, and now transmits to the secretary of the
department of war, the proceedings and testimony had before
me pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress
April 20th 1810
Stephen Beers
Tioga County
ss
I certify that the above named Stephen Beers Esquire
has been duly Commissioned and Qualified and Now is an acting Judge
of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County and that full faith
and credit ought to be given to his official acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand
and caused the seal of the said County to be hereunto
affixed at Spence, in said County this 9th day of
June A.D. 1810
Stephen Beers

Copy of Elisha Everest's Path Schedule →
0.75 13.299
Sept 1878
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Copy.
State of New York } On this eighth day of September 1820 personally Tioga County ss } appeared in open court being about of common pleas holden in and for the said county, in said State constituted about of Record, by the Laws of said State, with power to hear try and determine, all actions, real, personal & mixed, arising in the said county, and also all transitory actions, although the same may not have arisen within the said county and with other powers Elisha Everest, aged sixty eight years resident in the town of Danby in the said county, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: that he enlisted at Sheffield in the state of Massachusetts, in the month of July in the year 1775 in the company commanded by Captain Brown Regiment commanded by Col. Eastman in the Connecticut Line; that he was at the taking of St. John's, Montreal, and Chamblee & was discharged in December following: that he enlisted in January 1776 for one year in a company commanded by Capt. 5 Stoddard Regiment commanded by Col. Burrell, and was discharged at Mount Independence in January 1777: and that I am the same Elisha Everest late a Private in the army of the Revolutionary War as inscribed on the Pension List roll of the New York agency at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the twenty eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, by certificate of the Secretary at War N o 13,299 bearing date the sixth day of July 1819. (Signed) Elisha Everest
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or

or debts due me nor have I any other income than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed
Property in my Possession.
22½ acres of land as is said about 10 acres cleared with an old log House thereon
1 acre of poor leaves — About 1 Ton of Hay —
1 Cow — 3 Hogs — 1 Old Scythe — 1 Hoe —
6 small pigs — 1 Bake pan — 1 Spider —
1 Iron pot — 1 Pine Table — 3 Knives & forks
6 Tea Cups & Saucers —
Debts that I owe one hundred and fifty dollars
That by occupation he is a laborer — that he is so infirm from Rheumatism, & other complaints that he is not able to perform but very little labor. That his wife has been perfectly blind twelve years: that he has one daughter living with him aged 31 years, who is in the habit of going out to work & taking in work to support her parents — he has one daughter 28 years old of a slender constitution, who lives with him sometimes sometimes abroad —
Sworn to & declared the 8 th day of Sept r : 1820 before me in open Court { (Signed) Elisha Everest }
(Signed) Gamaliel H. Barstow First Judge
Tioga County Is. I Thomas Maxwell Clerk of the Court above mentioned, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & Schedule are truly copied from the records of the said Court: and that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total value of the property exhibited in the foregoing Schedule, (without reference to the debts owing by said Pensioner) is Two hundred & eight dollars & thirty seven cents — In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of the said Court this 9 th day of September 1820.
Thos Maxwell Clerk

June 1 46
M m Barnum
half way
Elizabet
Even 6
March 18
land
Greenwood May 26
Free 10
L d Edwards lan of Pensions Washington City Pa

Greenwood Steuben County N.Y. May 15-1846
Sir I have been informed that the Widows of the last war are entitled to a pension and have been advised to write to you to ascertain the facts.
My Father E.B. Barnum was in the last War he was drafted for three months out on the lines and crossed over on Canada side and was taken sick and died before the three months was out.
My Mother drew a pension five years, after the close of the war, she still remains his widow
My Father lived in the Town of Genoa Tompkins County N.Y., he served under Col Hervey Bloom, Col John Manear.
I have been requested to write to you to know whether the revolutionaries are entitled to land or not.
Elisha Everest was in the revolution he lived in the state of Connecticut he drew a pension $96. a year he died in the year 1825. his widow lived until May 1833 she received no pension after her husband's death
The Heirs want to know how the case stands whether there is any land for them or not, or whether their mother was entitled to a pension or not, and how to proceed to get it
Please to give me all the information you can respecting my Mother's pension and this last case mentioned
Yours with respect
E.B. Barnum

43 534
Rev INVALID.
File No. 48,584
Elisha Everett Pr. Rev. No
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 164
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Affidavit

State of New York Seneca County I certify that on this 5 th day of October 1820. before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Hudson Jennings, Isaac Hawes, Uri Clark, Harley Lord
of the Town of Danby and being duly sworn doth depose and say that they are severally acquainted with Elisha Everest of said Town of Danby who they understand has been placed on the pension roll under the act of Congress passed 10 th March 1818 to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the Revolutionary War. That they have been acquainted with the said Everest and family about eight years last past, that they know him to be a very infirm man, that his wife has been blind during their acquaintance with them, that is our opinion that the said Everest and wife would have been a publick charge, but for the assistance of his two daughters, and the pension which which he has received, he is not capable of managing the few acres of land he possesses, that in our opinion he must immed- ately (after paying his debts) be a publick charge
Hudson Jennings Isaac Hawes Uri Clark Harley Lord
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written
Stephen Beers Justice of Peace